Fabric & Care: Living with the Colour
Naturally dyed cloth is a process, not a still frame. A few simple promises between us.
A naturally dyed piece behaves like a living thing — it sunbathes, it bathes, it grows up slowly. Here are our simple promises, between you and the blue.
Washing
- Cold water, hand wash, mild detergent;
- Wash deep indigo separately for the first few rounds; loose colour is normal;
- No bleach, no machine spin.
Drying & storage
Drying in the shade is the golden rule — direct sun hastens fading, unless that sun-kissed pale blue is exactly what you are after. Store somewhere ventilated; natural fibre prefers a drawer to a plastic bag.
On fading
Fading in natural indigo is not a defect — it is the colour cultivating itself. Knees, cuffs, pocket edges brighten first, mapping your days. And should you ever wish to begin again, deep pieces can return to us for a fresh round of dips — the vat never sleeps.
Threads and small marks
Handmade means hand marks: a thread end, a shade shift, an asymmetry in the pattern. We do not make perfect industrial goods. We make honest cloth.